We are proud to join dozens of human rights organizations to oppose a plan for the mass detention of Cuban immigrants at Guantánamo Bay. Read more in the @theguardian.com:

If you are a refugee living in the United States, you may have questions about what your status means and how to protect yourself and those you love. This resource from @irap.bsky.social takes a deep dive into questions you may have. Learn more👇

NEW: Refugees are challenging the Trump admin's discriminatory preference for Afrikaners in court “USRAP has been transformed into a discriminatory entity serving a 95% white population at the expense of refugees who have waited years for the chance to safely resettle in the United States."

HAPPENING THIS MORNING! 🏛️ The Supreme Court is considering a case with major implications for the rights of people seeking safety at the U.S.-Mexico border.

“Just as we previously blocked the Trump administration from terrorizing refugees in Minnesota, we have now stopped this policy of illegal arrest and detention from being carried out on a national scale." - Laurie Ball Cooper, IRAP Read more: refugeerights.org/news-resourc...

“They are looking for every way to make the undocumented population as enormous as possible. It’s the great de-legalization campaign, rendering vulnerable to detention and removal millions of people who were not here unlawfully." - Ghita Schwarz, U.S. Litigation Director at IRAP

BREAKING: Today, the Supreme Court decided to consolidate two separate lawsuits challenging the termination of TPS for Syria and Haiti respectively and scheduled oral arguments for the end of April. Read our press release: refugeerights.org/news-resourc...

Must-watch @pbsnews.org segment about the Trump administration's attacks on refugees and immigrants with legal status:

Join us on March 11 for a webinar explaining the current situation for refugees in Minnesota and their ongoing lawsuit. Live interpretation will be available in Somali and Dari. Join at bit.ly/webinar-mn

BREAKING: We’re suing to block the Trump-Vance admin's policy ordering the mandatory arrest and potentially indefinite detention of lawfully admitted refugees. The administration is using its failure to process green card applications to target refugees for deportation. We will see them in court.

Lupe Aguirre, senior litigation attorney at IRAP, via @nytimes.com: The administration’s “push to strip valued community members of their legal status and send them back to danger in Syria is unconscionable...” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/u...

"The death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam highlights the neglect and abuse immigrants with disabilities face every day, as well as DHS's cruel practice of releasing people alone in the streets with no way to contact their families or get safely home."

Join us on February 26 at 9am ET for a webinar where we discuss the findings and share insights of a new briefing we will publish alongside the European Disability Forum that analyzes the EU Asylum and Migration Pact from a disability perspective. Register today: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Today, the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law team and our trusted partners at The Advocates for Human Rights, @bergermontague.bsky.social, and @irap.bsky.social will be arguing in the UHA v. Bondi case at the Minneapolis Federal Courthouse.  Stay tuned for updates on the case!

“This memo is part of a broad and concerted effort to strip refugees of their legal status and render them deportable. This gov't will clearly stop at nothing to terrorize refugee communities, and really all immigrants, while trampling over our constitutional rights.” www.cnn.com/2026/02/19/p...

IRAP's Laurie Ball Cooper on DHS's plans to detain refugees: “I am concerned that the Feb. 18 memo and the indiscriminate detention of refugees in Minnesota are the opening salvos in an attack on refugees resettled all over the United States.” Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

NEW: Yesterday, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a District Court order that delays the Trump Admin’s termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syria while the legal case moves forward. Read our press release: refugeerights.org/news-resourc...

Important article by @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social on the government's efforts to strip legal immigrants and refugees of their status and render them deportable. www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...

"Compliance with the law is long overdue, and IRAP will continue to hold the government accountable to our Afghan allies who are still at risk from the Taliban." Read more about the current status of the SIV Program: reason.com/2026/02/11/s... via @reason.com

Today one year ago we filed Pacito v. Trump, our lawsuit challenging the suspension of refugee resettlement to the US. Josephine is one of the plaintiffs who was able to successfully resettle and join her family, but the fight to keep resettlement open to many more families seeking safety continues.

IRAP Europe's Legal Director Peter Varga on recent shifts in EU immigration policy towards externalization, "whose primary goal is to keep people out of Europe, despite credible and persistent reports of grave human rights abuses...” eureports.com/2026/02/irre...

NEW: On Friday, a federal court ordered the Trump administration to abide by a plan to adjudicate SIV applications in a timely manner. While the expanded travel ban continues to prevent all Afghan nationals from entering the U.S., COM processing must resume immediately:

NEW on the IRAP blog: the impact of the closure of Safe Mobility Offices (SMOs) and the termination of humanitarian pathways to the US on forced migrants in Costa Rica. refugeerights.org/news-resourc...

The failure to authorize more Special Immigrant Visas is a catastrophic betrayal of the allies who supported the U.S mission in Afghanistan and are still at risk from the Taliban. Congress must not leave them behind.

A huge win for Haitian TPS holders last night:

Refugees and asylum seekers are being arrested in Minnesota and flown to Texas. “It really is a campaign of terror. It is designed to scare people." - Laurie Ball Cooper, IRAP

A federal judge has ordered ICE to stop illegally detaining refugees in Minnesota. This is a huge, but temporary win for refugee communities — we must ensure this practice ends for good! Call on your elected officials now to speak out against this injustice and oppose any further ICE funding:

BREAKING: A federal judge just granted a temporary restraining order stopping ICE from arresting refugees in Minnesota and ordering the release of those currently detained. This is a huge win for ICE accountability. Read more: refugeerights.org/news-resourc...

“I fled my home country because I was facing government repression,” wrote a plaintiff who was flown to Texas in shackles after he was abruptly arrested at his home earlier this month. “I can't believe it’s happening again here. It’s chilling and I'm scared.” Article by @alexwoodward.bsky.social

Happening tomorrow! There is still time to register through the link below.

ICYMI: This weekend we sued the Trump administration for its unlawful arrest and detention of refugees. "The lawsuit said... the government was using the operation to 'trigger a mass termination of refugee status' and to make refugees vulnerable to deportation."

“The Trump administration is intentionally and illegally terrorizing resettled refugees who are not accused of any wrongdoing." -- IRAP Staff Attorney Kimberly Grano in @startribune.com coverage of our latest lawsuit: www.startribune.com/class-action...

BREAKING: ICE is going door to door in Minnesota detaining refugees without explanation, probable cause, or due process. Last night, IRAP, Berger Montague, @chrclla.bsky.social, @advhumanrights.bsky.social sued to stop ICE’s campaign of terror and intimidation. refugeerights.org/news-resourc...

Join us on Thursday, January 29 at 12pm EST for a virtual event that will shed light on the challenges created for refugees and migrants with disabilities after the first year of the second Trump administration. Register today: refugeerights-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

With ICE now targeting resettled refugees in the US, knowing your rights is more important than ever. Legal resources about what to do if you encounter ICE are available in Somali, Tigrinya, Spanish, Arabic, Amharic, Dari, French, Haitian Kreyol, Pashto, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili and Ukrainian.

Today marks one year since the second inauguration of President Trump, a year defined by the dramatic escalation of abusive attacks on immigrants and the rule of law. Read IRAP's full statement: refugeerights.org/news-resourc...

‼️ URGENT: Tell your elected leaders to demand the termination of Operation PARRIS and full transparency for any refugees arrested, detained, interviewed, or removed. Take action now: rcusa.org/urgent-actio...

"Nothing like this has ever happened before,” IRAP's Laurie Ball Cooper, VP of US legal programs, told @washingtonpost.com about the detention of refugees in MN. “It’s very important to see this as an escalation of existing ICE attacks on immigrant and American communities."

Read IRAP's full statement denouncing the Trump administration’s lawless and inhumane arrest and detention of resettled refugees: refugeerights.org/news-resourc...

"Mr. Trump should confirm the legal status of all the Afghan refugees who came to the United States under the resettlement programs and reopen their pathways to permanent lawful residence here." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/o...

Ahead of the 24th anniversary of Guántanamo's opening, IRAP joined 114 other organizations in a joint statement calling for the facility to be permanently closed. Read the joint statement: www.cvt.org/statements/g...

Minnesota communities are committed to welcome regardless of the federal government’s dangerous immigration enforcement actions that have harmed newcomers & long-time Minnesotans alike. We are proud to join them & @cvt.org to elevate local voices & stories. www.refugeeadvocacylab.org/resources/up...

We are proud to share IRAP’s 2025 Annual Report highlighting what we have achieved together over the past year: refugeerights.org/wp-content/u...

Punishing millions of immigrants because of their nationality is immoral, unlawful, and deeply un-American. We deserve policies rooted in dignity, justice, and evidence—not scapegoating. Tell Congress to repeal this racist immigration ban: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

BREAKING: The Trump admin just expanded the #TravelBan. Read our response: refugeerights.org/news-resourc...

“No one should live in fear that their government will target them because of who they are or where they or their families are from." - IRAP's Laurie Ball Cooper at today's @rcusa.bsky.social press call Read the full release:

IRAP has signed on to a letter urging the Trump administration to immediately reverse the recent actions that target refugee, asylee, and immigrant communities.

Important article by @apnews.com about the refugees affected by Trump's policies: apnews.com/article/refu...